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Originally Posted by Breeze
I actually like the staggered start idea...but your assessment of the 1500 isn't completely accurate. It has more to do with how far back the leader is from the competition in the 1500. Basically, he wants to say within X seconds of the challengers to make sure they don't overtake him in points. However, often the event is decided to the point that it is pretty much irrelevant what the leader's time is in the 1500. A good example of a close Decathlon 1500 was the one Rafer Johnson won over C K Yang. In the 1500 he knew he needed to stay close to Yang in order to win the gold medal.
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Time to roll out fofc's greatest athlete again! It's almost been three years!
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He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops.
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